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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Ji Li that Dad had been cleared of his charges?

2. What movement was Dad expected to confess to?

3. Why was Ji Li sent back to Shang Hai in the summer?

4. What class was Ji Li's father sent to at work?

5. What did a story about the Jiangs say?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in Ji Li's study session?

2. What made Ji Li so nervous about presenting at the Class Education Exhibition?

3. What happened on the morning of the opening of the Exhibition?

4. What did Ji Li learn how to raise in Jr. High, and why?

5. What did Ji Li hear her father say the night before Chinese New Year?

6. What made Ji Li yell at her mother?

7. Why did Ji Li stop going to school all together?

8. How did Ji Li feel about not knowing anyone in her Jr. High class?

9. Why was Ji Li chosen to help with the Exhibition?

10. What did Ji Li say to Comrade Ma about her family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Ji Li feel about the Cultural Revolution in Chine when it was over, and what led to this changed ideal?

Essay Topic 2

How did Ji Li show her integrity, and what resulted because of her dependence on integrity?

Essay Topic 3

Anger was a vice that reared its ugly head a number of times in this book. What are some examples of this, and how was the plot altered because of these incidents?

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